Int 1146-2023
Prohibiting the use of plywood to secure vacant buildings.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Housing and Buildingsintroduced 2023-08-03
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2023-08-03Passed: 2023-12-31
Summary
This bill would require the owner of any vacant building that is not continuously guarded or not sealed and kept secure against unauthorized entry to seal building openings using a material other than plywood.
Committee on Housing and Buildings — Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Department of Buildings and rent regulation.
How it compares
16% of similar bills passed
8 passed · 42 died
This bill: 150 days in committee
Similar bills: median 646 days · 214 days when passed
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2023-08-03 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2023-08-03 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2023-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2023-08-03 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (5)
- Summary of Int. No. 1146
- Int. No. 1146
- August 3, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8-3-23
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - August 3, 2023
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 28-216.1.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 126 for the year 2021, is amended to read as follows:
� 28-216.1.2. Vacant buildings. Any vacant building not continuously guarded or not sealed and kept secure against unauthorized entry shall have all openings sealed in a manner approved by the commissioner, [and it] but the use of plywood shall be prohibited in sealing such openings. It shall be the duty of the owner thereof promptly to make any repairs that may be necessary for the purpose of keeping such building sealed and secure.
� 2. This local law takes effect 60 days after it becomes law.
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